To have stopped reading to DCs years ago?

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www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/sep/09/how-old-is-too-old-for-a-bedtime-story
DCs (7 and 9) can read. Do read. Which means I now have more time to watch boxsets read myself. AIBU to think it's too much to read older DCs a bedtime story? Or is everyone at it (and eating kale )

Her cousin informed my 11 year old GD that she was a baby because we still enjoyed Hetty Feather books together at weekends. She ignored her and assumed she was jealous.
As a teacher I'm happy to have taught hundreds of children to read and also given them a love of books for enjoyment and an understanding of how to access information through the written word. I managed this without a hint of vowel digraphs!!

GD shocked her Y5 teacher by telling her she'd read 'Jane Eyre' one weekend. A graphic novel I'd given her older sister to help with GCSE!

My 7 year old reads me a couple of pages of his book to me at bedtime. Then I read to him (a different book) he brings one home from school. But I'm reading the Roald Dahl ones to him. I think my older children were probably around 8 or so when I stopped. I wish I'd read to them for longer. But with 3 chikdfen with a big gap with the third child. I found time a struggle. They started reading to me instead. I will read to my youngest for longer.

i read to DD7 (has disablities) and DD3 and DD2. I love reading books to the children and its so benifical. i look forward to to the day we all read together. I am a book worm myself though and the children have taken after me on that.

Exactly what Jenny said. Mine are 6, 8 and 10 and are all among the best readers in their classes. They read on their own loads but I still read with them most nights too. The eldest read Curious incident of dog in nighttime with me aged 8 or 9 which would have beyond her on her own. I know mine will not interrupt their private reading to ask me what something means but reading together, I can talk through issues and meanings of words with them. Plus I love it. It makes me a bit sad when people don't read with a 5 or 6 year old because they've just learned to read. Not everyone's cup of tea maybe but I personally think parent and child are missing out.

Also getting kids to read aloud not just in their heads is valuable as it's quite a different skill and important for public speaking/ giving presentations in later life.

We read to our DC (5, 7) and will do until they ask us to stop. At our primary school they also have to read their books with an adult every night.

I loved reading to mine, and they loved it too. Their dad died when the youngest was 7 and the three of us used to snuggle down in the big bed,and I'd read. Because my older DS is very dyslexic we ended up reading together until he was 12. I did special voices. It was a close, cuddly time.

My mum always read to us all when I was small. Like me she kept it up long after I could read well. Reading aloud is a social thing. I have happy memories of both reading and being read to. When I was in my teens we used to go on camping holidays. We took it in turns to read books we all liked while the rest of the family lay listening in the dark. Happy times.

I've just realised I've been reading bedtime stories since 1999

I don't read to 10 year old ds as much as I should/would like to. He is dyslexic and hates reading but loves being read to. Five year old gets read to almost every night.

I lived being read to as an older child and as was mentioned loved it when teachers read to us.

We stopped end of January this year because we had run out of Terry Pratchett books, so it seemed a sensible stopping point. DDs were almost 13 and almost 15 at that point. It was just a lovely way to round off the day.

Reading aloud is also very good for the person doing the reading - it stimulates parts of the brain that reading in silence doesn't.

DS (7) loves his bedtime story, I imagine he'll still want bedtime stories for a long time. He reads to himself after I've read to him and is a very good reader. I can say I've ever eaten kale though...

YABU. Not only that, but you are missing out! It's such a brilliant bonding time, and great for their development. And no, I don't like kale.

I stopped reading to DS1 when he was 8 because he was such a great bookworm, but I read an article saying that it was still beneficial and restarted reading at bedtime - he loves it - and so do I - it's been a chance to reread my old favourites and discover some new ones. He's 10 now and he and DS2 (8) like the same types of things. DD (6) still likes the Fairy Magic ones, but she is starting to read those herself (phew).

Yes YABU.

You might want to google the benefits of continuing reading to your DC.

I read Harry Potter and the Cursed child with my DTS - took in turns. They r not big readers and we hadn't read together for years, preferring to do sums. They do plenty of reading at school too so I've never forced the issue. It's about finding the right book sometimes.

Can I swap my 2 year old with a kid that likes being read to? I think mine's faulty .

I'm looking forward to reading to him.

CheshireChat you maybe need to train him a bit. I read to dd since she was 2months old, lying on the floor together with the book in the air, and she (we) always loved it. But DN took longer to enjoy books as my sister started later with them.

I read to mine (9 and 11) even though my eldest is now in high school. The reason I read to them is because they want me to (they ask). My eldest has ADHD and this helps him wind down. I also find he will tell me things about his day and what is worrying him more at that time. I'll read to them until they want me to stop. For the record they are both very advanced readers themselves and perfectly capable of reading (and do - or at least the eldest does, my youngest isn't so keen.)

Neither likes kale although I do, I'm fairly certain it is in no way connected to my reading to them. I am assuming from the kale remark that you think people reading to their children beyond the age YOU have chosen to stop is in some way precious. In fact it is just their way of parenting their individual children, no cause for sardonic kale comments. I have no opinion either way on how long you have read to your children because it's your family, your choice. I am assuming you know best for them.

I think books might taste slightly like floppy sad left over kale leaves :)

Love books, kale needs baking with salt to make crispy and edible...

I still read to mine but they're young still. I babysit for a large family with a range of ages, the older kids SAY they don't want to be read to but will come into younger kids rooms to listen when I read to them I think it's very important for young children, a few started school in ds1 year not knowing how a book 'works' I. E. The way to turn pages etc

MinonsMovie I tried reading to him when he was really little, that was ok. The problem we have right now is that he doesn't enjoy being sat still for any length of time. Oh well, I'll try again and see what happens.

My best friend and her dad used to read to each other. They never really stopped, until he was in a hospice and she read The Hobbit to him as he was dying.

I read to DS1 & 2 when they were little (they are now 17 & 15) but DS 3 used to get so excited by the books, jump about and shout, that I stopped doing books at bedtime - did read at other times though. Now he is six he is calmer so I read to him every night - things he can't read himself yet, we are currently near the end of the 2nd Harry Potter book.